Skate



(No Model.)

" E. H. BARNEY.

SKATE.

Patented gar 20, 1883.

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UNITED STATES I PATENT Orricn.

EVERETT H. BARNEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,253, dated March 20, 1883.

' Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improved mechanism for clamping a skate to the sole and heel of a boot; nd it consists in the combination, with the sole and heel clamps of askate which are adapted to grasp said sole and heel, of a movable abutment for the front side of the heel, which is moved to and from the latter through a connection with the mechanism which operates said clamps.

My invention further consists in improved means for connecting the rotatable clampconnecting screw-rod of a skate with the heelclamp thereof, whereby any longitudinal movement of said rod under the heel-plate causes a like movement of said heel-clamp, and said rod is left quite free to be turned for the purpose of adjusting the clamps.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, of a skate embodying my invention. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 aredetail views.

The metallic sole-plate K is secured to the runnerA by metallic brackets in the usual way, as shown. Two clarnp-studs,aca1, having T-sha-ped heads whose arms lie in a line with the runner A, are secured to said sole-plate.

with said heads projecting downward beneath said plate. The sole-clamps c c are constructed and hung upon said studs 00 in the ordinary way, and their rear ends meet just back of the sole-plate K, and are perforated and fitted to receive therethrough a cylindrical stud or pivot, H, forming a connection common to the rear. ends of both of said clamps. Said stud or pivot is illustrated in two positions in Fig. 5, and is designated as a rotating crankstud. Said crank-stud H has a cylindrical head, (I, a cylindrical body, whose surface is concentric with the border of said head, and the end of said body is provided with a projecting screw, 6, and has'its sides milled off as shown. A crank-pin, h, is formed on said rotating stud H, and when the latter is in place through the perforated rear ends of the soleclamps the said ends have a bearing on the said cylindrical body of said stud. The lever 0, having a slot through it conforming to the shape of the said milled end of said stud H,-

by being secured to said crank-pin h thereon,

as shown.

The heel-plate D is secured to the runner A by the cheek-pieces y in the ordinary way, whereby a longitudinal chamber is formed between them under said plate, and the latter is provided with a longitudinal slot, m. The movable heel-abutment M has a rivet-connection, as shown, with said heel-plate D, through said slot m, whereby said abutment, while secured against the face of said plate, is permitted to have a sliding motion thereon, toward and from the rear end of said heel-plate. Said abutment M extends forward and its end is perforated and secured onto the body of the rotating crank-stud H under lever c, as shown.

The heel-clamps E are ofa well-known con- 'struction, having thereon a shank fitted to slide in said chamber between the cheek-pieces y and under the heelplate. Heretofore the rear end of the clamp adj usting and connecting screw-rod B has been so made and the rear end of the heel-clamps so bored out that said clamps were free to slide upon said rod or the rod to move in the clamps without moving the latter longitudinally, and to make a firm connection between said rod and clamps, so that they shall move together back and forth, and yet leave the rod free to rotate, a connection is made between them as follows: Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the clamps E on the line to as, Fig. 1, enlarged; and Fig. 3 is a view of the rear end of the screw-rodB and a split ring or washer, also enlarged. Said screw-rod is provided with a groove, 0, around it. The said ring or washer a is spread, placed on rod B, within groove 6, and closed thereon. The hole through washer a is of greater diameter than is that part of rod 13 at the bottom ofsaid groove, so that said washer, when closed onto said rod, can be turned, thereon. The hole through the clamps E, through which the clamp; or the Washer may be made to be forced into the counterbore tight enough to cause it to be tightly held there. Thus a connection is made between said rod and clamps which firmly unites them, but leaves said rod free to rotate.

The abutment M is provided with a pin-hole, '0 and lever c has a short pin, v, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,) which, when said lever is swung around in a line with rod B, engages in said hole *0 and prevents any movement of the lever 0 whereby the clamps may be loosened;

Many advantages result from the fact that lever 0 may be turned in either direction in looking or unlocking a skate, as hereinafter stated, as it is unnecessary to make'right and left skates, for either skate of a pair may be secured to either foot. This reduces the cost of manufacture and avoids the inconvenience which the seller of skates so often experiences of having a number of mismated skates on his hands. 7

The operation of myimprovements is as fol,- lows: The skate having been adjusted to a boot by turning the rod B to properly set the heel and sole clamps to the size of the heel and the width of the sole, the lever c is turned to bring it and the crank-stud h about to the positions shown in Fig. 2. The skate is now placed on the boot, and lever c is swung around into line with rod B and made to engage with the abutment M, as aforesaid, whereby it is securely held there. Swinging lever 0 as aforesaid causes the heel of the boot to be tightly clamped between the upright parts of the abutment and the heel-clamps, and the sole-clamps to be solidly forced against the edges of the sole. The lever 0 may be swung to either the right or the left in fastening or unfastening the skate.

I do not here claim a swinging lever connected to swing to either side to operate both the heel and toe clamps, as this is set forth in a separate application for Letters Patent ;'but I What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination of devi s for clamping a skate to the back part of the eel and to the sole of a boot, substantially as described, with the rotating crank-stud H, lever c, and the sliding abutment M, having its bearings on the front of the boot-heel, substantially as set forth.

2.-In combination, the rod 13, having the groove 0 around it, the split washer a, loosely secured on said rod, and the heel-clamp E, having a screw-rod passage through it, and having said washer secured thereto within said rod-passage, all as set forth.

3. The combination, in a skate, of a toeclamp, a heel-clamp provided with a'sliding front abutment and movable rear clamps, and a lever connected at three different points, respectively, to the devices supporting the toeclamps, the abutment, and the rear clamps, substantially as described, so as to swing to either side of the skate, and thereby to bring together .or separate the toe-clamps and the heel abutment and rear clamps, as specified.

EVERETT H. BARNEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. CHAPIN, H. A. OHAPIN. 

